Dr. Ruether is widely known as a pioneer of Christian feminist theology and ecofeminism and has enjoyed a long career as a prolific scholar, teacher, and activist in the Roman Catholic Church. A graduate of Scripps College (BA: Philosophy) and Claremont Graduate School (MA: Ancient History, PhD: Classics and Patristics), she is the Carpenter Emerita Professor of Feminist Theology at Pacific School of Religion and the GTU, the Georgia Harkness Emerita Professor of Applied Theology at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, and a visiting professor of feminist theology at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University.

Beyond Dr. Ruether’s many accolades, I’ve long been impressed with Rosemary’s active mentorship and generous support of the next generation of feminist scholars. Since working at Claremont School of Theology from 2009 onwards, I have seen her serve on countless qualifying exam and dissertation committees of my students and, in several cases, write the forward to their first books. Longtime readers of this blog (Feminism and Religion) may recall that Rosemary supported it from the very start, including by authoring our “What is Feminism?” section. For me personally, Rosemary is 2-2 in saying “yes” to my requests–that she guest-lecture in my Introduction to Christian Ethics course and serve as the respondent to a panel I had helped to organize on “Thinking Animals, Rethinking Race, Ethnicity, and Religion” at the American Academy of Religion (2012).

Speakers will include Princeton theology professor emerita Jane Dempsey Douglass, FOSNA theology consultant Don Wagner, Churches for Middle East Peace executive director Mae Elise Cannon, and Kairos USA program director Mark Braverman. The banquet will feature FOSNA founder Naim Ateek, the first to articulate a Palestinian theology of liberation (cf. Ateek’s Justice and Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation (1989), with a forward by Rosemary).

The cost for the general public to attend the full conference and banquet is $80; Pilgrim Place residents, $60; students $30. Those wishing to attend only the banquet and Ateek’s talk will be charged $30. A box lunch will be available for $6.75. After September 13, the price of registration increases by $5. Please follow these links for the conference website (including information about accommodations), registration, and the conference flier.